purka

purka

Finnish

Noun

purka

1. (dialectal) moult (the loss of summer fur by an animal before the winter; used at least of reindeer)

Declension

Inflection of purka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		purka	purkat
genitive		purkan	purkien
partitive		purkaa	purkia
illative		purkaan	purkiin
		singular	plural
nominative		purka	purkat
accusative	nom.	purka	purkat
	gen.	purkan
genitive		purkan	purkien purkainrare
partitive		purkaa	purkia
inessive		purkassa	purkissa
elative		purkasta	purkista
illative		purkaan	purkiin
adessive		purkalla	purkilla
ablative		purkalta	purkilta
allative		purkalle	purkille
essive		purkana	purkina
translative		purkaksi	purkiksi
instructive		—	purkin
abessive		purkatta	purkitta
comitative		—	purkineen

Synonyms

• karvanlähtö

Anagrams

• Krapu, krapu, parku

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• purken

Noun

purka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of purke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

purka f

1. definite singular of purke

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Old Norse

Etymology

Via latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

purka f (genitive purku, plural purkur)

1. sow ("female pig")

Declension

  Declension of purka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	purka	purkan	purkur	purkurnar
accusative	purku	purkuna	purkur	purkurnar
dative	purku	purkunni	purkum	purkunum
genitive	purku	purkunnar	purkna	purknanna

Synonyms

• gylta
• sýr